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Fake army man arrested

13 May 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

Our Correspondent, Bandarban

Police yesterday arrested a fake army man at Chambi Bazar under Lama upazila. Nurul Islam was taken to custody following a complaint lodged to Aziz Nagar police camp that he threatened a tea stall owner to extort money from him. Police also seized two photographs of Nurul Islam wearing army uniform and a fake identity card of Bangladesh Army from the arrestee's possession. Nurul will be produced in court today after preliminary quizzing, police said. Locals said Nurul married a local girl about three months ago by identifying himself as an army man.